David Bowie - The Platinum Collection

Diving into a new David Bowie collection is all about comfort. The listener should land somewhere between the reliable pool of radio staples like "Golden Years," "Suffragette City," and "Let's Dance" and the deep water of fan favorites like "TVC 15" and "Look Back in Anger." EMI's three-disc Platinum Collection does an awfully good job of placating fans of both reservoirs, focusing on the Thin White Duke's mercurial 1969-1987 offerings. Each disc covers an era -- 1969-1974, 1974-1979, and 1980-1987 -- allowing time for both classics ("Starman") and obscurities ("Velvet Goldmine"). The Platinum Collection gets high marks for the inclusion of oft-overlooked gems such as "All the Young Dudes" and "Wild Is the Wind," but it's the appearance of soundtrack nuggets like "When the Wind Blows," from the animated nuclear war fable of the same name, "Underground" from Labyrinth, and "Drowned Girl" from the play Baal that sets this anthology apart from others. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Winstanley Producer Arif Mardin Producer Bob Clearmountain Engineer, Mixing Clive Langer Producer Darren Evans Layout Design David Bowie Producer, Mixing Assistant, Arranger, Mixing David Richards Mixing Assistant, Producer Derek Bramble Producer Giorgio Moroder Producer Greg Gorman Cover Photo Gus Dudgeon Producer Harry Maslin Producer Henry Wrenn Meleck Coordination Hugh Padgham Engineer, Producer, Mixing Joe Brooks Project Manager Ken Scott Engineer, Producer, Mixing Mick Ronson Mixing, Arranger Nigel Reeve Compilation, Coordination Nile Rodgers Mixing Assistant, Producer Pat Metheny Producer Paul Buckmaster Arranger Peter Mew Mastering Queen Producer Steve Schapiro Cover Photo Tony Visconti Remixing, Producer, Mixing